J. Zeil

Most-cited papers

Catchment areas of panoramic snapshots in outdoor scenes.
J. Zeil, M. Hofmann, J. Chahl
2003Journal of The Optical Society of America A-optics Image Science and Vision312 citations
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Visual homing: an insect perspective.
J. Zeil
2012Current Opinion in Neurobiology244 citations
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The visual ecology of fiddler crabs
J. Zeil, J. Hemmi
2005Journal of Comparative Physiology225 citations
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Mapping the navigational knowledge of individually foraging ants, Myrmecia croslandi
A. Narendra, S. Gourmaud, J. Zeil
2013Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences154 citations Open access
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The information content of panoramic images I: The rotational errors and the similarity of views in rectangular experimental arenas.
W. Stürzl, A. Cheung, Ken Cheng, J. Zeil
2008Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes150 citations Open access
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Visually mediated species and neighbour recognition in fiddler crabs (Uca mjoebergi and Uca capricornis)
T. Detto, P. Backwell, J. Hemmi, J. Zeil
2006Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences149 citations Open access
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Depth, contrast and view-based homing in outdoor scenes
W. Stürzl, J. Zeil
2007Biological cybernetics128 citations Open access
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How Wasps Acquire and Use Views for Homing.
W. Stürzl, J. Zeil, N. Boeddeker, J. Hemmi
2016Current Biology117 citations Open access
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Different effects of temperature on foraging activity schedules in sympatric Myrmecia ants
Piyankarie Jayatilaka, A. Narendra, Samuel F. Reid, P. Cooper +1 more
2011Journal of Experimental Biology113 citations Open access
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Signaling against the wind: modifying motion-signal structure in response to increased noise.
Richard A. Peters, J. Hemmi, J. Zeil
2007Current Biology113 citations Open access
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The properties of the visual system in the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti.
S. Schwarz, A. Narendra, J. Zeil
2011Arthropod structure & development111 citations
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Polarised skylight and the landmark panorama provide night-active bull ants with compass information during route following
Samuel F. Reid, A. Narendra, J. Hemmi, J. Zeil
2011Journal of Experimental Biology109 citations Open access
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The information content of panoramic images II: view-based navigation in nonrectangular experimental arenas.
A. Cheung, W. Stürzl, J. Zeil, Ken Cheng
2008Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes108 citations Open access
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The variable colours of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris and their relation to background and predation
J. Hemmi, J. Marshall, W. Pix, M. Vorobyev +1 more
2006Journal of Experimental Biology103 citations Open access
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Considerations on the use of video playbacks as visual stimuli: the Lisbon workshop consensus
R. F. Oliveira, G. Rosenthal, I. Schlupp, P. McGregor +19 more
2000Acta Ethologica87 citations Open access
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Looking and homing: how displaced ants decide where to go
J. Zeil, A. Narendra, W. Stürzl
2014Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences86 citations Open access
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Caste-specific visual adaptations to distinct daily activity schedules in Australian Myrmecia ants
A. Narendra, Samuel F. Reid, Birgit Greiner, Richard A. Peters +3 more
2011Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences84 citations Open access
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Eye structure correlates with distinct foraging-bout timing in primitive ants.
Birgit Greiner, A. Narendra, Samuel F. Reid, M. Dacke +2 more
2007Current Biology84 citations Open access
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Claw waving display changes with receiver distance in fiddler crabs, Uca perplexa
M. How, J. Hemmi, J. Zeil, Richard A. Peters
200880 citations
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Signal design and courtship presentation coincide for highly biased delivery of an iridescent butterfly mating signal
T. E. White, J. Zeil, D. Kemp, R. Rodríguez +1 more
2014Evolution; international journal of organic evolution77 citations Open access
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Responses of blowfly motion-sensitive neurons to reconstructed optic flow along outdoor flight paths
N. Boeddeker, J. P. Lindemann, M. Egelhaaf, J. Zeil
2005Journal of Comparative Physiology69 citations Open access
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The learning walks of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
J. Zeil, P. Fleischmann
201967 citations
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How Ants Use Vision When Homing Backward.
S. Schwarz, M. Mangan, J. Zeil, B. Webb +1 more
2017Current Biology66 citations Open access
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Path Integration in Fiddler Crabs and Its Relation to Habitat and Social Life
J. Zeil, J. Layne
200264 citations
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Towards an Ecology of Motion Vision
Michael P. Eckert, J. Zeil
200164 citations
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Insect learning flights and walks.
T. Collett, J. Zeil
2018Current Biology63 citations Open access
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The choreography of learning walks in the Australian jack jumper ant Myrmecia croslandi
Piyankarie Jayatilaka, Trevor Murray, A. Narendra, J. Zeil
2018Journal of Experimental Biology61 citations Open access
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Depth cues, behavioural context, and natural illumination: some potential limitations of video playback techniques
J. Zeil
2000Acta Ethologica61 citations
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Natural visual cues eliciting predator avoidance in fiddler crabs
Jochen Smolka, J. Zeil, J. Hemmi
2011Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences60 citations Open access
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Robust judgement of inter-object distance by an arthropod
J. Hemmi, J. Zeil
2003Nature57 citations
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Three-dimensional models of natural environments and the mapping of navigational information
W. Stürzl, I. Grixa, Elmar Mair, A. Narendra +1 more
2015Journal of Comparative Physiology56 citations Open access
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Vision and the organization of behaviour.
J. Zeil, N. Boeddeker, J. Hemmi
2008Current Biology52 citations Open access
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Polarisation vision in ants, bees and wasps
J. Zeil, W. Ribi, A. Narendra
201451 citations
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Visual navigation: properties, acquisition and use of views
J. Zeil
2022Journal of Comparative Physiology50 citations
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Cyclic nature of the REM sleep-like state in the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis
T. Iglesias, J. Boal, M. G. Frank, J. Zeil +1 more
2019Journal of Experimental Biology49 citations Open access
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Image motion environments: background noise for movement-based animal signals
Richard A. Peters, J. Hemmi, J. Zeil
2008Journal of Comparative Physiology48 citations
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The role of attractive and repellent scene memories in ant homing (Myrmecia croslandi)
Trevor Murray, Zoltán Kócsi, H. Dahmen, A. Narendra +3 more
2019Journal of Experimental Biology45 citations Open access
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Variability of a dynamic visual signal: the fiddler crab claw-waving display
M. How, J. Zeil, J. Hemmi
2008Journal of Comparative Physiology45 citations
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Differences in context and function of two distinct waving displays in the fiddler crab, Uca perplexa (Decapoda: Ocypodidae)
M. How, J. Zeil, J. Hemmi
2007Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology44 citations
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Feed-forward and visual feedback control of head roll orientation in wasps (Polistes humilis, Vespidae, Hymenoptera)
S. Viollet, J. Zeil
2013Journal of Experimental Biology42 citations Open access
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The organization of honeybee ocelli: Regional specializations and rhabdom arrangements.
W. Ribi, E. Warrant, J. Zeil
2011Arthropod structure & development42 citations
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Visual Homing in Insects and Robots
J. Zeil, N. Boeddeker, W. Stürzl
2010Flying Insects and Robots41 citations Open access
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Three spectrally distinct photoreceptors in diurnal and nocturnal Australian ants
Yuri Ogawa, Marcin Falkowski, A. Narendra, J. Zeil +1 more
2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences38 citations Open access
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Sounds of Modified Flight Feathers Reliably Signal Danger in a Pigeon.
Trevor Murray, J. Zeil, R. Magrath
2017Current Biology36 citations Open access
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The antennal sensory array of the nocturnal bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis.
Fiorella Ramirez-Esquivel, J. Zeil, A. Narendra
2014Arthropod structure & development36 citations
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Light and dark adaptation mechanisms in the compound eyes of Myrmecia ants that occupy discrete temporal niches
A. Narendra, Birgit Greiner, W. Ribi, J. Zeil
2016Journal of Experimental Biology34 citations Open access
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Sex, size and colour in a semi-terrestrial crab, Heloecius cordiformis (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)
T. Detto, J. Zeil, R. Magrath, Sarah Hunt
200434 citations
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Interactions of visual odometry and landmark guidance during food search in honeybees
T. Vladusich, J. Hemmi, M. Srinivasan, J. Zeil
2005Journal of Experimental Biology28 citations Open access
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Head roll stabilisation in the nocturnal bull ant Myrmecia pyriformis: implications for visual navigation
C. A. Raderschall, A. Narendra, J. Zeil
2016Journal of Experimental Biology25 citations Open access
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Functional anatomy of the fiddler crab compound eye (Uca vomeris: Ocypodidae, Brachyura, Decapoda)
A. Alkaladi, J. Zeil
2014The Journal of comparative neurology25 citations
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